Improvement in boots and shoes



jznl. PATENTE JUL -11 1871 uveutur UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANQOIS SENN, OF FORESTVILLE, NEW YORK,

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

To all whom it may concern:

Y Be it knownv that l, FRANoIs SENN, of Forestville, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes; and l do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and eX- of a boot or shoe; and consists in folding the upper outward part around the welt, stitchingit and the welt to the in-sole, and finally sewing all to the main sole. A water-prooil seam is thereby obtained without additional expense or waste of material.

A in the drawing represents the upper, B the Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,872, dated July l1, 1871.

in-sole, C the filling-sole, and D the main sole of a boot or shoe. E is the welt. The welt is placed into a groove or fold ofthe upper, over a lap, a., formed at the edge of the same, and is then, by a thread, b, stitched to the in-sole, as is clearly indicated in Figs. l and 8. The stitches may be long, their object being only to eifecta preliminary connection of parts. The upper is then, by thread c or pegs d, fastened to the main sole, said thread c or pegs passing through the main sole, lap a, wclt,and, if desired, also through the intermediate or filling-sole.

Thus it will be seen the upper' closes the joint by its lap a, so that water cannot enter except luider the lap, where it would also come under the iii-sole. A practically Water-proof `joint is thus obtained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The seam, composed ofthe upper, welt, lap a., and sole, being' first stitched and then secured by thread or peg, as set forth.

FRANQOIS SENN. Witnesses:

WILLIAM FENNELL, JOHN CALHOUN. 

